Luke Holland worked at the heart of Labour politics for more than a decade, most recently at Labour’s national HQ where he headed up the Party’s media operation across the nations and regions. He was previously Chief of Staff on Huw Lewis’s Welsh Labour Leadership campaign, and was co-founder of the Wales 20:20 think tank. Away from politics, Luke has an unhealthy passion for crime fiction, steam trains and Bob Dylan. He is currently travelling the world with his wife Louise. They blog at http://annoyingtravelblog.blogspot.com

Every day when I wake up, I thank the Lord I’m Welsh

Our intrepid travellers reach Patagonia, and it’s a trip of mixed emotions – and odd combinations

A bit salty

Our intrepid travellers’ Bolivian idyll continues…

“Stray dogs, bad stenches and buildings made of solely cement”

Our South American explorer reaches Bolivia…

On the trail of the Incas

Our intrepid explorers pass through the Andes, where one world-famous site becomes a big disappointment while another slightly less well-known proves to be a delight

A Peruvian paradise

Luke and Louise Holland’s ongoing travels take them to a beautiful part of South America with a recent troubled past

Coups and queues

The world tour continues for our regular globetrotting correspondents. This time it’s Ecuador, a near encounter with El Presidente – and an uninspiring trip to the world’s most famous jungle

A poignant journey

In the final of his two-part trip through the former Yugoslavia, our intrepid adventurers take in Montegnegro, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, perhaps the most moving destination of all

Welcome to Sarajevo, Skopje, Pristina

Our worldwide traveller returns after a prolonged absence to talk, walk and drive us through his journeys in the former Yugoslavia, with stops in Serbia, FYR Macedonia and Kosovo

The Belgians and the Germans

In the first of a series of travel blogs for WalesHome, our intrepid couple contrast their experiences of two misunderstood countries in western Europe

For Wales, read England. Or Scotland. Or Northern Ireland…

FOLLOWING on from what seems like years of naff adverts, faintly patronising Richard Dimbleby documentaries and a tsunami of BBC trailers that probably cost double South Africa’s GDP, it’s finally here – World Cup 2012. And as a Cardiff boy working in London, I’ve been asked by many colleagues which team I’ll be supporting. The [...]